Jack Gaskell (John D. Gaskell) is a retired electrical consulting engineer.
For over 35 years, he was president of Gaskell Associates Consulting Engineers, now a division of Thielsch Engineering, Inc.
He was a member of the following professional organizations: Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers, Providence Engineering Society, Electrical League of Rhode Island, Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, National Electromagnetic Field Testing Association, and the National Academy of Forensic Engineers.
He is a past president of the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers, founding president of the Rhode Island chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society, past director of the Electrical League of Rhode Island, and past chairman of the Electrical Code Sub-Committee of the Rhode Island Building Code Standards Committee.
He was honored by being selected Engineer of the Year by the Rhode Island Society of Professional Engineers; Man of the Year by the Electrical League of Rhode Island; and was awarded the Providence Engineering Society’s Freeman Award in recognition of “major achievements in engineering”.
He has written three other books: The Complete Guide to Consulting Engineering; The Outline Guide to Consulting Engineering; and The Consulting Engineer’s Guidebook.